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God Deserves Our Best
All commentators agree that the prohibition against sacrificing a blemished animal underscores a core principle: God is holy and deserves our absolute best. John Gill connects this to other laws in Leviticus and Malachi, emphasizing that an imperfect offering is unfit for a perfect God. This wasn't just about the animal, but the heart attitude of the worshiper.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 15:19–23
18th Century
Theologian
Compare to Exodus 13:11 and following. The directions of the preceding legislation (see Numbers 18:15 and following) are here assumed, with the inj…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 15:21
17th Century
Pastor
And if there is any blemish therein
In the firstling, as if it be "lame or blind", or have any ill blemi…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 15:19–23
17th Century
Minister
Here is instruction on what to do with the firstlings. We are not now limited as the Israelites were; we make no difference between a first calf, o…